Have you ever considered making your own guitar? Melvyn Hiscock, author of the successful book “Make Your Own Electric Guitar” is an expert in this field, offering insight into the art of essential luthery.

With his new book “Make Your Own Acoustic Guitar” hitting the shelves of our bookshops, it’s seems only right for Guitar Jar to catch up with Melvyn to ask him more about success of his first book and the challenges he faced in exploring acoustic guitar manufacturing methods.

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Eternal Guitars specialise in producing authentically aged, ‘relic’ electric guitars, providing guitarists the opportunity to own an instrument that that appears like it’s had 50 years of good use – but at a fraction of the price of a real vintage instrument.

Guitar Jar catches up with manager Dave Walsh, to ask him more about the Eternal Guitars products and services and to hear his opinion on the relic guitar debate.

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SVL Guitars is a UK based guitar manufacturer that specialise in re-creating the much loved “S” and “T” Fender models from the classic era of the late 50′s and early 60′s. With top level guitarists including blues virtuoso Matt Schofield on their books, it appears SVL are going from strength to strength.

Guitar Jar catches up with Director Simon Law, to quiz him on the SVL product range and his involvement within the guitar-based industry.

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The acoustic guitar market features some of the most beautifully crafted instruments money can buy. Avalon Guitars sit firmly in that bracket, producing some of the world’s most exquisite guitars and can be seen in the hands of many globally recognised guitarists, including David Gray, Van Morrison and Bruce Springsteen to name but a few.

Guitar Jar catches up with Managing Director Steve McIlwrath, to quiz him on the current Avalon product range and any plans he has in mind for the future of the company.

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One of the quirkiest range of guitars at the Bristol Guitar Show was the range of Cigar Box guitars produced by Chickenbone John. Guitar Jar catches up with John to quiz him about his range of unusual instruments and the players who use them.

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One of the exhibitors that caught Guitar Jar’s eye at the 2010 Bristol Guitar Show was Abanico Guitars. Abanico sell handmade classical guitars that sound and play beautifully – the impressive aspect however is that each guitar retails at under £250. Guitar Jar catches up with Abanico director, Steve Higgs to ask him more details about the Abanico vision and product range.

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At the 2010 Bristol Guitar Show, one UK based guitar manufacturer really stood out to me showcasing their own twist on some classic guitar designs. Beryl Guitars is a new independent UK based guitar company who are producing extremely high quality instruments at very affordable & competitive prices. Guitar Jar caught up with Company Director Phil Preece to ask him more about the exciting products Beryl are due to launch later this year.

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